Faces of the Fallen

All three were assigned to the 720th Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade based at Fort Hood in September.

Twenty-four-year-old Kern, who joined the military in September 2009 while 29-year-old Korte enlisted in May 2003, were both military police deployed to Afghanistan earlier this month. Korte had also served several stints in Iraq.

Twenty-year-old Whitmire, who joined the military as a health care specialist in September 2010, had been in Afghanistan since July.